Why Lacazette Would Be Perfect For Liverpool
Having secured a Top four finish at the expense of Arsenal following a comfortable 3-0 victory over already relegated Middlesbrough, Liverpool will now enjoy the luxury of participating in the Champions League next season.
This will come as a huge relief to everyone connected with the Merseyside club, who have only qualified for Europe's most prestigious club trophy twice in the past eight seasons.
However, in order to compete with the best sides in Europe, Liverpool need to strengthen their side in a number of areas. Although it can be argued that their main weaknesses are either at Goalkeeper, left back or centre back; it has become apparent that Liverpool's main flaw this season has been their struggles to breakdown lower league sides.
Daniel Sturridge has shown signs that he is returning to his best form of late, but has suffered too frequently from injuries and is not a reliable goalscorer in modern times. Divock Origi is also not a natural goalscorer and has not proven enough to be considered Liverpool's main man up front. Roberto Firmino has been deployed up front this season and although he has performed well, but it is not ideal playing an attacking midfielder in a forward role.
Liverpool have therefore struggled to defeat teams in the lower half of the league due to their lack of an out-and-out goalscorer; particularly at home. This season alone at Anfield, they have failed to dispose of Southampton, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Swansea and West Ham. Although these slip ups did not cost them a place in the Top four, it did cost them mounting a challenge for the Premier League title. This is therefore an area that needs to be addressed.
Therefore, their main priority this summer should be acquiring a striker of whom has the ability to find the net. Fortunately for them, there is one man currently available on the transfer market who would be a perfect fit up front.
Alexandre Lacazette.
The talented Frenchman has been linked away from Lyon for what seems like an eternity, but it is looking like this year that the rumours of a move abroad will become a reality.
But he has not let these rumours effect his performances in Ligue 1. Although he struggled to find the net earlier on in his career, the past 4 years have been nothing short of prolific for Lacazette. In those past four seasons he has featured 183 times,finding the net on 113 occasions.
This season in particular he has been electric in front of goal,scoring 37 goals in 45 games. With a strike rate of 0.8 goals per game, that is a goals per game ratio that is sure to attract the attention of all of Europe's footballing superpowers.
Despite his goals, Lyon finished in 4th place, 28 points behind Champions Monaco in Ligue 1. It seems the coveted striker has finally admitted he needs to move in order to achieve his ambition of becoming one of the world's greatest strikers. Earlier this month Lacazette announced the team he joins 'will have to be in the Champions League and play good football'. This would therefore include Liverpool and rule out a team that has been heavily linked with him in the past few years, Arsenal.
The stumbling block? The price tag. Lacazette will not come cheap. After West Ham reportedly failed with a £43 million bid last summer, his stock has continued to rise and it would most probably take a fee of around £60million to secure his services.
But boosted by a return to the Champions League, Liverpool will have no trouble raising that amount of money. To be successful in the competition and the league next season, they need a world class striker to be the final piece of the puzzle in attack.
They need Alexandre Lacazette.
This will come as a huge relief to everyone connected with the Merseyside club, who have only qualified for Europe's most prestigious club trophy twice in the past eight seasons.
However, in order to compete with the best sides in Europe, Liverpool need to strengthen their side in a number of areas. Although it can be argued that their main weaknesses are either at Goalkeeper, left back or centre back; it has become apparent that Liverpool's main flaw this season has been their struggles to breakdown lower league sides.
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| Daniel Sturridge has suffered from injuries and a loss of form and thus has lost his place as Liverpool's starting striker |
Daniel Sturridge has shown signs that he is returning to his best form of late, but has suffered too frequently from injuries and is not a reliable goalscorer in modern times. Divock Origi is also not a natural goalscorer and has not proven enough to be considered Liverpool's main man up front. Roberto Firmino has been deployed up front this season and although he has performed well, but it is not ideal playing an attacking midfielder in a forward role.
Liverpool have therefore struggled to defeat teams in the lower half of the league due to their lack of an out-and-out goalscorer; particularly at home. This season alone at Anfield, they have failed to dispose of Southampton, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Swansea and West Ham. Although these slip ups did not cost them a place in the Top four, it did cost them mounting a challenge for the Premier League title. This is therefore an area that needs to be addressed.
Therefore, their main priority this summer should be acquiring a striker of whom has the ability to find the net. Fortunately for them, there is one man currently available on the transfer market who would be a perfect fit up front.
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| Alexandre Lacazette will be wanted by a host of the world's top clubs this summer |
Alexandre Lacazette.
The talented Frenchman has been linked away from Lyon for what seems like an eternity, but it is looking like this year that the rumours of a move abroad will become a reality.
But he has not let these rumours effect his performances in Ligue 1. Although he struggled to find the net earlier on in his career, the past 4 years have been nothing short of prolific for Lacazette. In those past four seasons he has featured 183 times,finding the net on 113 occasions.
This season in particular he has been electric in front of goal,scoring 37 goals in 45 games. With a strike rate of 0.8 goals per game, that is a goals per game ratio that is sure to attract the attention of all of Europe's footballing superpowers.
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| Kylian Mbappe helped Monaco to a Ligue 1 title this year. They finished 28 points above Lyon. |
Despite his goals, Lyon finished in 4th place, 28 points behind Champions Monaco in Ligue 1. It seems the coveted striker has finally admitted he needs to move in order to achieve his ambition of becoming one of the world's greatest strikers. Earlier this month Lacazette announced the team he joins 'will have to be in the Champions League and play good football'. This would therefore include Liverpool and rule out a team that has been heavily linked with him in the past few years, Arsenal.
The stumbling block? The price tag. Lacazette will not come cheap. After West Ham reportedly failed with a £43 million bid last summer, his stock has continued to rise and it would most probably take a fee of around £60million to secure his services.
But boosted by a return to the Champions League, Liverpool will have no trouble raising that amount of money. To be successful in the competition and the league next season, they need a world class striker to be the final piece of the puzzle in attack.
They need Alexandre Lacazette.
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